Thunder Rides a Black Horse

About this book

Details the four-day Apache "changing woman" ceremony by which pubescent Apache girls are formally recognized as adults. Includes a look at the author's relationship with an extended Mescalero family and some observations on Mescalero culture and life.

Subjects

• apache
• apaches
• changing woman
• fiction, general
• mescalero indians
• mescolero
• mythic present
• mythology
• north american indians
• religion
• rites and ceremonies